spontaneous generation

disproven theory of life arising from nonliving matter
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spontaneous generation

Summary

spontaneous generation is a scientific theory[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of scientific_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (487 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • spontaneous generation is credited with the discovery of Anaximander[3].
  • spontaneous generation's image is recorded as Illustration of Redi's 1668 experiment to refute spontaneous generation.svg[4].
  • spontaneous generation's instance of is recorded as scientific theory[5].
  • spontaneous generation's instance of is recorded as superseded scientific theory[6].
  • spontaneous generation's followed by is recorded as cell theory[7].
  • spontaneous generation's GND ID is recorded as 4187269-1[8].
  • spontaneous generation's part of is recorded as Aristotle's biology[9].
  • spontaneous generation's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 35142[10].
  • spontaneous generation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_1j4_[11].
  • spontaneous generation's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 576.83[12].
  • spontaneous generation's facet of is recorded as origin of life[13].
  • spontaneous generation's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • spontaneous generation's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • spontaneous generation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/spontaneous-generation[16].
  • spontaneous generation's different from is recorded as abiogenesis[17].
  • spontaneous generation's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as generation-spontanee[18].
  • spontaneous generation's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as generation-spontanee-fin-d-une-controverse[19].
  • spontaneous generation's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as generation-spontanee-reperes-chronologiques[20].
  • spontaneous generation's NE.se ID is recorded as uralstring[21].
  • spontaneous generation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Spontaneous-Generation[22].
  • spontaneous generation's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as spontaneous-generation[23].
  • spontaneous generation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 109934786[24].
  • spontaneous generation's Lex ID is recorded as spontan_genese[25].
  • spontaneous generation's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Génération_spontanée[26].
  • spontaneous generation's Vikidia article ID is recorded as es:Generación_espontánea[27].

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Works and Contributions

spontaneous generation is credited with the discovery of Anaximander[3].

Why It Matters

spontaneous generation ranks in the top 10% of scientific_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (487 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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